Spring 2013 S.O.A.P. Team Search

It’s spring, and that means warmer weather, bright and happy colors, and most important, a brand new S.O.A.P. panel team! Don’t know what S.O.A.P. is? Check out this mash up post to learn more about it and check out last fall’s team here. We are looking for the newest fragrances to add the the Bramble Berry lineup and we want your help! For the next week, we are on the look out for eight soapy fans to help us pick which fragrances to add for our Summer 2013 fragrance oil line.

What is the S.O.A.P panel? S.O.A.P stand for Soap Opinion (Awesome) Panel and our members will receive one ounce samples of our top choices of fragrances that were specially designed for Bramble Berry. They’ve already gone through the our own internal inspection process (including initial CP tests), and now we’re ready for your opinion. We’d love for you to give them a sniff and test them in any products you’d like. I mean it, anything! (Okay fine, no lip or edible products but if it’s body, haircare, soap, bath … anything!) After you’ve tested all the mystery fragrances, you’ll fill out a survey to help us distinguish your top choices. We need you to be honest and thorough with your notes. You’re picking fragrances that thousands of soapers will use. No pressure. No pressure.

How To Apply:

Tweet, Facebook, Pin or Blog about your favorite Bramble Berry product (including the links) and why you should be selected for for the Spring 2013 S.O.A.P. team.

Your tweets should have @brambleberry someplace in the body of the tweet so that we can see you are entering!

Be sure to link to your blog post, pin, Facebook update or tweet in the comments below so that we can read about it.

Team members will be announced on Wednesday, April 3rd and the samples will be sent out by the end of the week

Note: We will be sending the fragrances out by the end of next week and we would like the surveys completed by May 3rd, which gives you about 3 weeks to test the fragrances. Please keep these dates in mind before you enter. We are looking for an accountable and enthusiastic panel, so be sure that this works out with your schedule! Because these fragrances can’t ship internationally, we are not able accept international entries.

Some previous SOAP Panel posts are here, here, here and this post is a fantastic example of what previous S.O.A.P. panel members have done for testing, blogging and tweeting.

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Oh shoot, I was just about to blog about this and submit my entry, but the date has slipped up on me! A week sure does pass by quickly! I will just have to enter next time. Good luck to all the applicants!

Here is my entry. I’m so excited just to see who gets to test and the fragrances that make the cut. I would love to be apart of it all, but even from the sidelines would be excellent. Thanks for this opportunity, you all rock!

Isn’t the 18-Bar Birchwood Mold one of the best to use? It makes such gorgeously shaped bars and I am so glad that I finally got one! Thank you for you entry, Juli. Keep your eyes peeled on the blog for the blog post announcing the S.O.A.P. team finalists. =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry

Good luck to everyone!! I wish I could commit to testing right now but it just isn’t possible with my schedule for the next two months. I guess that gives me time to think of an awesome post for next time? 🙂

We wish you could participate too, Steffanie! But, don’t worry, we have a couple of these panels a year and you will definitely have a chance to apply for one in the future. =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry

I love all of Brambleberry items. I have only been making soap for about eight months. In the past I have made lip balm, skin care items, and body spray. My daughter tells me I am addicted to soapmaking. I enjoy all the Soap Queen Videos, it is so hard to pick just one.
I enjoy all the essential oils and the fragrance oils. Right now my favorite Fragrance oil is Chocolate Espresso.
My facebook link is: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.shaddox.

I’m not seeing your posts on your FB page. It looks like you might have it set to friends only. We’d love it if you could resubmit it again so we can make sure to get you on the applicants list. Thanks! =)

I have been making soap for over 10 years and from the first bar I made I was hooked. When I was first learning, I searched for tutorials and some of the most helpful were the ones I found on Soap Queen TV. I would love to serve as one of your S.O.A.P. panel members this spring, I love experimenting with new fragrances and techniques, and would have a lot of fun doing this. My Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/GingerleafCreative. My Pinterest Soap board is here http://pinterest.com/artgeckol/soap/, and I am also one of BB’s Soapy Pinsters. Thank you for this opportunity!

Hi Heather! We would love to see your entry, but it looks like you might have your profile/status on private so we are unable to see it. Do you have another way to link it to us? Thanks!
-Becky with Bramble Berry

Oh dear I am so sad. At this time of year I get so excited when you discuss the new fragrances and give people to opportunity to help you decide. I really want to be part of it but I do understand you cannot ship internationally. I will have to live my excitement through the panel.

Darn! We did wish you lived closer (or we were closer to you) so you could be part of our team. We’ll make sure to keep you updated on the progress of the team, and make sure to follow their blogs so you can see what the mystery fragrances are doing. =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry

I have been a soapmaker for 10+ years, this is so exciting! I will post this on my Facebook page that I have applied, our Beloit market is so wonderful and I teach soap making classes every Saturday thru the winter, that this will be a great thing for us and for you if I am selected. Thanks for the opportunity.
Terri Dodge
Double D’s B’s
Beloit Wisconsin

Ok, guys, no idea how to get the direct link to the posting, but it should be the first on my blog. http://janetscandles.tumblr.com/ (Sorry, so new to Tumblr that it is ridiculous…) By the way, the photo I chose is colored using Brambleberry’s Merlot Mica mixed with Electric Bubblegum.

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